Barcelona, Venice and Amsterdam are among Europe’s favourite travel destinations and benefit greatly from tourism. However, the massive influx of visitors places a considerable burden on the cities and their inhabitants.

To counteract the negative effects of overtourism, these cities are taking decisive action. Following public protests, no new hotels may be built in Venice and cruise ships will have to use other moorings in future. Amsterdam has banned guided tours of its famous red light district in order to protect local residents. Paris is planning to ban coaches from the city centre in order to improve the quality of life. Other overcrowded cities are also trying to control the situation through various methods.

Do you think that overtourism is a serious problem in Europe?

Sources: National Statistics Offices, Statista, Le Monde, Forbes

    • NewNewAccount@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Yeah. Are we really supposed to believe that at any given time London is 2/3 tourists? Maybe at The Tower of London…

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        3 months ago

        Which makes the whole thing really silly then… My house would have a similar big bubble/little bubble by just hosting a few social events over a year